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MPG-Straight Gas vs E10
I was doing some mpg testing of various products and was trying to find a source of relatively consistent quality gas found that our local NW Ohio Shell (a Top Tier brand) supplier was still using straight gas locally. Cool! Well, about six months and 2/3 of the way through my work, they switched to an E10 blend. Not so cool. Needless to say, it rendered my baseline readings moot and it looks like it cost me a solid 1 mpg (about 5 percent) at 65 mph fwy speeds but less going slower.
If any of you out there have had a similar experience, I'd be interested to hear about it to compare notes, as it were.
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Jim Allen
The Frugal Four Wheeler and Farmer
My ultimate goal is not necessarily the highest mpg but to make my trucks more efficient configured as I need them.
Old Reliable '86 Ford F-250HD 4x4, 6.9L diesel
Red '00 Honda Accord Coupe, 3.0L V6, automatic
The Plugger '05 Ford F-150HD 4x4, Regular Cab, 8-ft bed, 8,200# GVW, 5.4L V8, automatic, 4.10:1 ratios, 285/70R-17D tires
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